1.  JOHN HOWARD and his brother GIDEON bought land in Bennington in
January 1789.  GIDEON sold part of this in 1791 at which time he was living 
in Holland Patent, New York.  The next record for these families found to
date is the 1792 Oneida tax list for the area of Fort Stanwix (Rome,  New
York).  The Jefferson County history suggests they came via the Black River
with others from New England seeking home sites about 1798 and that John G.
Howard had 150 acres of land.  Perhaps this should have said JOHN and G.
HOWARD.

 Perhaps we still have not looked in the
right place for the census suggests some land (shown in Lot 23 of the
Bowen Eddy tract in the 1860's) some two miles to the south of Ellisburg
belonged to John   his son Johaza and his son Laurel for a period of some
eighty years more or less.  My mother's notes indicate this land was tied up
in court for years and no one had clear title until after the death of some
one [unstated] and some lawyers settled the estate after some fashion in the
1830's, even though the Howards had paid for the land ca 1800.

 Although the 1800 census indicates John had two sons and five daughters, the
only two found on Bennington records are Mehala born 8 October 1784 
and Gehazi born 13 October 1786. 

He married 24 Dec 1783 at Manchester, Bennington County, Vermont 

LAVINAH HARRIS, who is believed to be the daughter of ALEXANDER & DIADEMA HARRIS.

Children, HOWARD:

     2     i   MEHALA HOWARD, b 8 Oct 1784, married 1801 CHRISTOPHER EDMUNDS

+    3    ii   GEHAZI HOWARD

    ?4   iii   HANNAH HOWARD married JOHN OTIS

    ?5   iv    LEVINAH HOWARD married WILLIAM REESEY


3.  JOHAZA (GEHAZI) HOWARD was born 8 or 13 Oct 1786 and died 8 Oct
1864.  A census record indicates they were permanent residents of Ellisburg, 
but Johaza was a ship's carpenter and perhaps the family went to various work 
sites with him, because the obituary of Laurel J. states he was born in 
Cleveland, NY, and another son, Albert Wayne was born in Leeds, Ontario.

He married before 1820

HANNAH CRONK, who was born 23 Jun 1800 in Herkimer County, NY.  She
came to Jefferson County about 1807, and died 6 Aug 1873.


 After some eighty years in the general vicinity of Ellisburg, New York, my
line of the Howards relocated to Kansas.  My grandmother believed the reason
Laurel moved to Kansas was in search of a better climate for his asthma.
 Perhaps that was true but it does not explain to us   why the Reynolds, his
wife's family, came as well.  In any event, the trip is presumed to have been
by rail ca 1876/78 and they settled in Jewell County where my
great grandfather, John Henry Howard,  was born   all other children were
born in New York   but we believe only Alice married there and had a child
older than my grandfather.  My mother has a copy of a Jewell County land deed
  3 July 1890 to Laurel J. Howard signed by Benjamin Harrison.

 For some reason the Howards moved further west, ca. 1896 to Graham County  
in getting ready for this move, their son Merton was killed in an accident
and buried near Burr Oak.  When Laurel J. died about six years later, his
body was taken back and buried next to his son   but my mother did not find a
marker for them in the short time she visited the Burr Oak Cemetery in 1978.
 There is a stone for Laurel J. at Lucerne Cemetery where Emily (and other
family members) has a stone   this is a short distance from the Graham County
home   but is actually in Sheridan County.




Children, HOWARD:

     6     i   JOHN C. HOWARD

     7    ii   EMOGENE HOWARD

+    8   iii   SIMON HARRIS HOWARD married PHILINA CRONK

+    9    iv   ALBERT WAYNE HOWARD married OLIVE CAROLINE NOICE
    
+   10     v   CHARLES WORTH HOWARD married SARAH E. JOHNSON

    11    vi   ADELIA K. HOWARD married BENJAMIN F. SWEET

    12   vii   ROSETTA G. HOWARD ?married CHARLES WILLIAMS

    13  viii   LAUREL J. HOWARD married EMILY GATES REYNOLDS

    14    ix   DIANTHA C. HOWARD married (---) FISHER

    15     x   MARY ANN HOWARD married (1) JOHN D. OTIS; 
                               married (2) ROBERT WILLIAMS 

8.  SIMON HARRIS HOWARD, (son of JOHAZA (GEHAZI) and HANNAH
(CRONK) HOWARD) was born Dec 1822 and died after 1900.

He married c1853

PHILINA CRONK

Children, HOWARD:

   13     i   CHARLES HOWARD

   14    ii   JOHN HOWARD

   15   iii   HARVEY J. HOWARD

   16    iv   ROBERT W. HOWARD


9.  ALBERT WAYNE HOWARD, (son of JOHAZA (GEHAZI) and HANNAH
(CRONK) HOWARD) was born 17 Aug 1824, Leeds, Ontario Canada and died after 1890.  

He married 1849

OLIVE CAROLINE NOICE

Children, HOWARD:

   17     i   CLARENCE HOWARD married ?FRANCIS (GOODENOUGH)    
              REYNOLDS

   18    ii   BURDETT HOWARD married ADA GOODENOUGH

   19   iii   HARRIS HOWARD

   20    iv   FREDRICK HOWARD

   21     v   FRANK HOWARD

   22    vi   EATON HOWARD

   23   vii   JENNY HOWARD

   24  viii   JAMES HOWARD

   25    ix   KITTY HOWARD


10.  CHARLES WORTH HOWARD, (son of JOHAZA (GEHAZI) and
HANNAH (CRONK) HOWARD) was born 17 Aug 1827 and died 4 Nov 1909. 
He was buried at Ellisburgh. 

He married 

SARAH E. JOHNSON, who was born 9 Nov 1828 and died 9 Aug 1888.  She
was buried at Ellisburgh with her husband.

Children, HOWARD:

   26     i   EDITH A. HOWARD

   27    ii   EVA E. HOWARD

   28   iii   ETTA M. HOWARD married JOHN HAVEN

   29    iv   MARK C. HOWARD married CORA ELLIS

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